Word: probe
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...sentencing came after the Justice Department dropped the charge against a co-conspirator in the case, L. Patrick Gray III, acting FBI director from May 1972 to April 1973, and also ended a five-year probe aimed at scores of FBI men suspected of abusing their power. That effort grew out of the bureau's drive to track down the 30 or more known members of the Weather Underground, a left-wing group responsible for dozens of Viet Nam-era bombings. A New York City-based FBI unit called Squad 47 broke into the homes of innocent relatives...
Though the Justice probe of unconstitutional acts implicated 68 present or former FBI agents, more than half got immunity from prosecution in exchange for their cooperation; cases against nine others were scrapped, and six received token administrative punishment. The charge against Gray, 64, was dropped because key witnesses changed their stories before trial, and damaging testimony expected in the Felt-Miller proceedings never materialized. Gray called the prosecution "malicious" and said he might sue the Government to recover his six-figure legal fees and to get compensation for the harm he has suffered. He, Felt and Miller can count...
...Trenton, N.J., is a 26-year House veteran and the highly respected chairman of its Administration Committee. Congressman John M. Murphy, 54, of Staten Island is chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Last week they became the most powerful men convicted in the Abscam probe to date. A Brooklyn jury found Thompson guilty of bribery and conspiracy and convicted Murphy of receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict of interest and conspiracy. They face jail sentences of up to 22 years for Thompson and nine for Murphy...
...salutary fixture in the superpower relationship. For even when talks are stalled and not producing agreements, they serve as a safety valve for the pressures of intensifying competition and mutual misunderstanding; diplomats and generals are forced, by the very existence of the forum, to vent their mistrusts and probe their common interests...
...only planetary probe now on the drawing boards at J.P.L. is Project Galileo, a scheme to place in orbit around Jupiter a semipermanent observatory. Scheduled for launch in 1984, Galileo is likely to be delayed. Its launch vehicle is the space shuttle. But that much troubled enterprise, plagued by engine problems and difficulties with its crucial heat-shielding, may not make its first orbital test flight before next summer...